Development of an Immunochromatographic Test Strip for Rapid Simultaneous Detection of Enrofloxacin and Ofloxacin in Tissue of Chicken Muscle and Pork

Abstract

ENR and OFL are the most consumed quinolones on livestock in China. In this work, we developed a rapid immunochromatographic lateral flow test strip for simultaneous detection of the residues of enrofloxacin and ofloxacin in chicken muscle and pork. We screened an anti-ENR and OFL monoclonal antibody. The IC50 of anti-ENR and anti-OFL were 6.67 and 7.13 ng/ml, respectively. The present immunochromatographic lateral flow test strip is a one-step assay and required much less professional personnel and experimental instruments. In the present study, the decision limit (CCα) of the test strip was calculated to be 0.089 ng/mL and detection capability (CCβ) was 0.217 ng/mL with the scanner. The limit of detection was estimated to be 10 ng/mL. According to parallel HPLC analysis with 47 blind samples, coincidence rate is 100 % when the contents of ENR and OFL were more than 10 ng/mL. Results indicated that the strip test we developed had good reliability, and the strip test gave neither false positive nor false negative results. It will provide results within 20 min without special equipment. Therefore, the test strip is very useful as a screening method for semi-quantitative or qualitative detection of enrofloxacin and ofloxacin in chicken muscle and pork.